Mongolia - The Gobi (Chapter)

7th Edition Jul 2014

This is the Gobi chapter from Lonely Planet's Mongolia guidebook.

The Gobi is a bleak place; vast, harsh and silent. But it is the profound emptiness and terrible isolation that draws adventurers to its fold. In a world of smartphones and social media, there are few places on the planet where it is still possible to fall completely off the radar like you can do in the Gobi.

take one step forward and slide three steps back on the awesome sand dunes of Khongoryn Els